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package groovy.lang;


/**
 * Represents the length property of an array
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class MetaArrayLengthProperty extends MetaProperty {

    /**
     * Sole constructor setting name to "length" and type to int
     */
    public MetaArrayLengthProperty() {
        super("length", int.class);
    }

    /**
     * Get this property from the given object.
     * @param object an array
     * @return the length of the array object
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if object is not an array
     */
    public Object getProperty(Object object) {
        return java.lang.reflect.Array.getLength(object);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the property on the given object to the new value
     *
     * @param object   on which to set the property
     * @param newValue the new value of the property
     * @throws RuntimeException if the property could not be set
     */
    public void setProperty(Object object, Object newValue) {
        throw new ReadOnlyPropertyException("length", object.getClass());
    }
}
